BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

DANIEL S. BERNHEIM, PRESIDENT

November 18, 2020

REVISED AGENDA

 
When addressing the Board of Commissioners, please state your name and address before making comments. As a courtesy to all, comments made from the audience during testimony or Board deliberation are not permitted and are not included as part of the public record. Public speakers are encouraged to summarize their comments and limit presentation to three minutes per item. The Board requests that the audience silence their cell phones at the beginning of the meeting. The Township has an assistive listening system to accommodate the hearing impaired. Please advise Township staff if you wish to utilize this equipment.
1.This meeting will be conducted via the Zoom online platform. Public participation by email to publiccomment@lowermerion.org, by postal mail addressed to Board of Commissioners, 75 E. Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, PA 19003, or by phone to 610-645-6145 is encouraged and comments will be accepted until 12:00 p.m. on November 18, 2020. Individuals wishing to participate via Zoom during this meeting should contact Jody Kelley, Township Secretary at (610) 645-6145 or publiccomment@lowermerion.org before 12:00 p.m. on November 18, 2020.
2.Call to Order
3.Roll Call
4.Approval of Minutes
•Minutes of a special meeting of the Board of Commissioners held on October 7, 2020 and a stated meeting of the Board of Commissioners held on October 21, 2020, as distributed.
 
5.Announcements / Presentations
•The Board met in Executive Session on November 4, 2020 and will meet on November 18, 2020 to receive reports from its professional staff.
•Thursday, November 26, 2020, Thanksgiving Day, is a legal Holiday. The Township Administration Building and Libraries will be closed for business, and there will be no refuse or recycling collection.
•The second Public Hearing on the Proposed 2020 Budget and Proposed 2020-2025 Capital Improvement Plan will be held on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at approximately 6:00 p.m.
6.Public Privilege of the Floor

The Floor is open to provide the opportunity for the public to address the Board on any non-agenda item or any other public matter in which the Township has jurisdiction or authority.

 

Response to Public Privilege of the Floor - Appropriate time for any member of the Board, the Township Manager, or designated staff person to address and correct any statement made by a member of the public during the Public Privilege portion of the agenda.

7.Public Comment

The Floor is open to provide the opportunity for the public to address the Board on matters relating to agenda items which will be voted upon at this meeting.

 

Response to Public Comment - Appropriate time for any member of the Board, the Township Manager, or designated staff person to address or respond to any statement made by a member of the public during the Public Comment portion of the agenda.

8.Public Hearings / Adoption of Ordinances
•PUBLIC HEARING - PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET AND PROPOSED 2021-2026 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
 
•ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE - CHAPTER 78, FIRE PREVENTION - INSTALLATION OF LOCK BOXES
 
9.Consent Calendar

Consent Calendar items are grouped together in the last section of the agenda which is marked "Consent Calendar." If there is a request from any member of the Board for separate discussion of any item listed on the Consent Calendar, the item will be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered during the appropriate Committee portion after non-consent items listed under that Committee are addressed.

a.AUTHORIZATION TO RELEASE FUNDS HELD IN ESCROW
b.PRELIMINARY LOT LINE CHANGE PLAN - 1499, 1501 & 1505 MONK RD, GLADWYNE, 3872, Ward 2.
c.HISTORICAL COMMISSION - 34 Derwen Road, Bala Cynwyd, Class 2, 2020-R-27
d.HISTORICAL COMMISSION - 1745 West Montgomery Avenue, Villanova, Class 2, 2020-R-28
e.CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS - 1117 Youngsford Road, Gladwyne, Gladwyne Historic District, 20-19
f.CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS - 23 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, Ardmore Music Hall, Ardmore Commercial Historic District, 20-15
g.CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS - 8 Cricket Avenue, Ardmore Commercial Historic District, 20-20
h.CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS - 24 West Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore Commercial Historic District, 20-21
10.Building and Planning Committee
a.AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE PROPOSED ORDINANCE – CHAPTER 13, ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL – AMENDING THE COMPOSITION OF THE COUNCIL
 
11.Finance Committee
a.AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE PROPOSED ORDINANCE - 2021 TAX LEVY AND APPROPRIATIONS
 
b.AWARD OF CONTRACT – DEAD AND DISEASED TREE REMOVAL
 
c.AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE PROPOSED ORDINANCE - 2020 DEFICIENCY
 
d.AWARD OF CONTRACT – SANITARY SEWER MANHOLE REHABILITATION
 
e.AWARD OF CONTRACT – SCRAP METAL RECYCLING
 
f.AWARD OF CONTRACT – CONCRETE CURBS, SIDEWALKS AND RAMPS
 
g.AWARD OF CONTRACT – STORM AND SANITARY SEWER LINING
 
h.RESOLUTION - REAL ESTATE TAX CREDIT FOR FIREFIGHTER/ AMBULANCE VOLUNTEERS
 
i.AWARD OF CONTRACT - EXTERIOR LIGHTING REGULATIONS UPDATE
 
12.Grants and Community Development Committee
a.APPROVAL OF INCREASED FUNDING FOR CDBG RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM PROJECT
 
13.Health Committee
a.AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE PROPOSED ORDINANCE – CHAPTER 16, HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL – AMENDING THE COMPOSITION OF THE COUNCIL
14.Legal Affairs Committee
aSETTLEMENT OF LITIGATION RELATED TO PERSONNEL ISSUE
 
15.Police Committee
a.RESOLUTION - ACCESS TO PENNSYLVANIA CRASH INFORMATION TOOL
 
16.Public Works Committee
a.RESOLUTION - REVISION OF OFFICIAL SEWAGE FACILITIES PLAN – MT MORO ROAD SEWER EXTENSION PROJECT
 
b.AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE PROPOSED ORDINANCE - MT. MORO ROAD SEWER EXTENSION PROJECT
 
17.Unfinished Business
18.New Business
19.Adjournment